Vaccine volunteers are making history
The only HIV vaccine that has shown some effect against HIV is now being tested in South Africa.
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AIDS Day: If you like it, put a ring on it!
A new HIV prevention product for women in the form of a vaginal ring that slowly releases antiretroviral medicine, may soon become available commercially.
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Video: Is it time to cut out sugary drinks?
Is being hospitalised enough motivation to implement tough lifestyle changes - starting with going cold turkey on sugary drinks? We bring you the story of one man who is on the brink of this decision, while his state of health hangs in the balance.
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Nono Simelela: Resignation and resurrection
On the eve of international AIDS Day, Dr Nono Simelela, Special Advisor to the Deputy President of South Africa, speaks about working under Manto Tshabalala-Msimang
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How South Africa can beat its sugar-fuelled diabetes epidemic
Four times as many people have Type II diabetes today as 36 years ago, according to the World Health Organisation. In 1980, 108 million people were diagnosed with diabetes worldwide. By 2014, the figure was 422 million writes Dr Sundeep Ruder.
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We’re hiring: Join our team as a TV journalist
An exciting opportunity exists for a TV journalist / Videographer at Health-e News Service who has a passion for social justice and the ability to direct, film and edit.
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New sport Goalball takes off in Vhembe
Goalball – a sport designed specifically for blind athletes but attracts sighted players too – has proved to be unexpectedly popular in rural Vhembe, Limpopo, drawing a large crowd to the area’s first ever Goalball Tournament.
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Video: Tuck shops culprits in rising Childhood Obesity
As Childhood Obesity rates in South Africa continue to soar, experts say the unhealthy food on offer in school tuck shops is partly to blame.
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Limpopo Health MEC to fight ‘prophet of Doom’
The MEC of Department of Health in Limpopo province Dr Phophi Ramathuba has publicly condemned the actions of the Limpopo pastor alleged to be spraying insect repellant in the faces of his followers to heal them.
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Sugary drinks fuel taxi drivers
Taxi drivers spend long hours on the road which often leaves them with very little time to consider a healthy diet, so they turn to sugary drinks for energy and sustenance.
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The dirt-eaters – a stressful and dangerous addiction for many women
All over South Africa, women have developed taste for eating soil or clay and now packets of soil are being sold by street vendors alongside their usual products. SANDILE MBILI, BONTLE MOTSOENENG AND LINDIWE MSIBI report...
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Superbugs baffle many South Africans
Preventing antibiotic resistance puzzles many at a time where momentum is growing to address this growing public health threat.
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 Limpopo Departments of Health and Education continue to disappoint
Despite getting 47 percent of the provincial budget, the Limpopo Department of Education has once again failed to get a clean audit.
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South Africans are eating GMO foods every day
Most South Africans, without their knowledge or consent, are unknowingly consuming genetically modified food products every single day.
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Video: No quick fix for overcoming Obesity
Manie Pretorius used to be a sports enthusiast who weighed just 70 kilograms. Just a few years and a knee injury later, Pretorius weighed almost 200 kilograms. He had become obese and his state of health was on the decline.
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